Monday, October 26, 2015

I am happy to say that I finished weeding through all my September pictures and have gotten started on October. So now here are my pictures for the week of Oct. 4 - 10. I actually took a picture every single day! That is a first since vacation!

Sunday: Mercy "miowing" (translation: smiling) (She saw this picture today and laughed and said, "Mercy miowing!" She was so excited to see herself! I am glad she calls this a smile, otherwise, it could be labeled a scary face.)

Monday: We went to Megan's house so the kids could ride bikes in her cul-de-sac. Grandma was still here, so the adults enjoyed chatting on the porch while the kids played. Mercy LOVED the Presley's wagon and had a great time pulling it all over the cul-de-sac.

Tuesday: Keira fell asleep during quiet time.

Wednesday: We headed to a park to say our last good byes to Gma before she headed north to visit with some more family and friends. One of Gma's nieces (my dad's cousin) came down to pick up Gma, so we got to meet her as well.
Patrick smiled and squealed with delight while I pushed him on the swing!

Thursday: We are taking care of two cats for some friends. On one of our visits to their house, I took this picture of their roses.

Friday: Our October pumpkins

Saturday: Sophia hurt herself while she was playing outside in the rain. She was so pouty, that I stuck her in front of our glass door and took some pictures. She looks so sad when she is pouting!

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Being so far behind, is really getting to me! Maybe that will spur me on to get caught up, but it may just let me walk away and never get caught up. We will see which way it goes. This post is for the week of Sept. 20 - 26.

I didn't do well taking pictures this week. I didn't even take enough pictures to make up for the days that I missed.

Sunday: This was taken on Wednesday of Patrick reaching for a toy.

Tuesday: Keira horseback riding

Wednesday: Patrick playing on the floor

Friday: Keira used her wiki sticks to make a lion. She did a great job copying the picture!

Saturday: Seeing Gma for the first time this year. The kids were dancing a jumping and moving so much that I resorted to turning on the flash.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Well, I am so far behind, but I have been taking pictures. Though feeding a baby, and the rest of the family, homeschooling, and house work has been taking a much higher priority to blogging.
These are the last pictures I was going to post from our vacation.

Friday, October 9, 2015

While we were looking at information about the National Naval Aviation Museum on the internet, my dad found out that the Blue Angels usually practice at the Pensacola Naval Air Station on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. We were all excited at the prospect of seeing them, but he air show was even more spectacular than we imagined! The announcer said that the Blue Angels do not do trick or stunt flying, but precision flying. What they do is what all military pilots need to be able to do. The Blue Angels just do it much closer to each other.
The Blue Angels have two "teams". One is a group of four, and the other is two single pilots.
The Blue Angels take off in formation:

Their signature diamond formation:

They fly with 18 inches between wing tip and cockpit!

The two single pilots fly by each other in very close proximity!

The two single pilots fly in formation "dirty" and the lead plane inverted. Flying dirty means with the landing gear down and in this case with their hook down as well. It changes the aerodynamics and makes harder to fly.

The four planes with the first and fourth inverted.

They do a maneuver called a break away, where they going from flying in close formation to each plane flying heading off in a different direction.

The two single pilots join in formation with the other four to do several maneuvers.

All six pilots approach the air field from different directions!

We thoroughly enjoyed the air show! It is incredible to witness such amazing skill carried out in such a spectacular display. The kids are still talking about seeing the Blue Angels even now, and hope to go back to see them again.